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Gipsman AI, Feld L, Johnson B, Needleman JP, Boas H, Lin N, DePasquale B, Pogoriler J, McDowell KM, Piccione JC. Eosinophilic plastic bronchitis: Case series and review of the literature. Pediatr Pulmonol 2023; 58:3023-3031. [PMID: 37606213 PMCID: PMC10928548 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.26650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Revised: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/12/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2023]
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Plastic bronchitis is a term used to describe group of life-threatening disorders characterized by the presence of large obstructing casts in the airways. Eosinophilic plastic bronchitis is a subtype of plastic bronchitis that occurs mainly in children and has not been well-described in the literature. Patients may have a history of asthma or atopy, but many do not. They often present with cough and wheezing, and frequently have complete collapse of one lung seen on imaging. The severity of presentation varies depending on the location of the casts, ranging from mild symptoms to severe airway obstruction and death. Bronchoscopy is often required to both diagnose and treat this condition. A variety of medical therapies have been used, although no formal studies have evaluated their efficacy. Symptoms may resolve after initial cast removal, but in some patients, cast formation recurs. Here, we report a case series of nine patients with eosinophilic plastic bronchitis and review the existing literature of this condition.
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- Alexander I. Gipsman
- Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Uchel T, Labana S, Tancer S, Gonzalez V, Kapadia D, Kulairi Z, Kashlan M. Unusual Case of Plastic Bronchitis Presenting with Pneumopericardium. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CASE REPORTS 2018; 19:1434-1436. [PMID: 30504758 PMCID: PMC6287447 DOI: 10.12659/ajcr.911311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Patient: Female, 24 Final Diagnosis: Plastic bronchitis Symptoms: Crepitus • dyspnea • neck fullness Medication: — Clinical Procedure: — Specialty: Pulnonology
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- Toribiong Uchel
- Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University, Rochester Hills, MI, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University, Rochester Hills, MI, USA
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- American University of the Caribbean, Cupecoy, Netherlands Antilles
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University, Rochester Hills, MI, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University, Rochester Hills, MI, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University, Rochester Hills, MI, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University, Rochester Hills, MI, USA
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Plastic Bronchitis in an AIDS Patient with Pulmonary Kaposi Sarcoma. Case Rep Pulmonol 2018; 2018:9736516. [PMID: 30363701 PMCID: PMC6180928 DOI: 10.1155/2018/9736516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2018] [Accepted: 08/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Plastic bronchitis is the expectoration of bronchial casts in the mold of the tracheobronchial tree. It is a rare occurrence of unknown etiology that has been primarily described in children with congenital heart disease. In this case report, we present the first reported case of plastic bronchitis in a patient with pulmonary Kaposi sarcoma and underlying HIV infection.
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Pérez Ruiz E, López Castillo MDC, Caro Aguilera P, Pérez Frías J. Atelectasia masiva: ¿siempre cuerpo extraño? An Pediatr (Barc) 2018; 88:56-57. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anpedi.2016.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2016] [Revised: 10/03/2016] [Accepted: 11/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Robinson M, Smiley M, Kotha K, Udoji T. Plastic Bronchitis Treated With Topical Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator and Cryotherapy. Clin Pediatr (Phila) 2016; 55:1171-5. [PMID: 26507250 DOI: 10.1177/0009922815614358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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Jagtap SR, Iyer HR, Bakhshi RG, Lahoti HN. Post-operative airway obstruction in Noonan syndrome: An unusual presentation. Indian J Anaesth 2015; 59:442-4. [PMID: 26257420 PMCID: PMC4523968 DOI: 10.4103/0019-5049.160961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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- Sheetal R Jagtap
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Paediatric Surgery, Pad. Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Paediatric Surgery, Pad. Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Paediatric Surgery, Pad. Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Paediatric Surgery, Pad. Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Faro A, Wood RE, Schechter MS, Leong AB, Wittkugel E, Abode K, Chmiel JF, Daines C, Davis S, Eber E, Huddleston C, Kilbaugh T, Kurland G, Midulla F, Molter D, Montgomery GS, Retsch-Bogart G, Rutter MJ, Visner G, Walczak SA, Ferkol TW, Michelson PH. Official American Thoracic Society Technical Standards: Flexible Airway Endoscopy in Children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2015; 191:1066-80. [DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201503-0474st] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Veress LA, Hendry-Hofer TB, Loader JE, Rioux JS, Garlick RB, White CW. Tissue plasminogen activator prevents mortality from sulfur mustard analog-induced airway obstruction. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2013; 48:439-47. [PMID: 23258228 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2012-0177oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Sulfur mustard (SM) inhalation causes the rare but life-threatening disorder of plastic bronchitis, characterized by bronchial cast formation, resulting in severe airway obstruction that can lead to respiratory failure and death. Mortality in those requiring intubation is greater than 80%. To date, no antidote exists for SM toxicity. In addition, therapies for plastic bronchitis are solely anecdotal, due to lack of systematic research available to assess drug efficacy in improving mortality and/or morbidity. Adult rats exposed to SM analog were treated with intratracheal tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) (0.15-0.7 mg/kg, 5.5 and 6.5 h), compared with controls (no treatment, isoflurane, and placebo). Respiratory distress and pulse oximetry were assessed (for 12 or 48 h), and arterial blood gases were obtained at study termination (12 h). Microdissection of fixed lungs was done to assess airway obstruction by casts. Optimal intratracheal tPA treatment (0.7 mg/kg) completely eliminated mortality (0% at 48 h), and greatly improved morbidity in this nearly uniformly fatal disease model (90-100% mortality at 48 h). tPA normalized plastic bronchitis-associated hypoxemia, hypercarbia, and lactic acidosis, and improved respiratory distress (i.e., clinical scores) while decreasing airway fibrin casts. Intratracheal tPA diminished airway-obstructive fibrin-containing casts while improving clinical respiratory distress, pulmonary gas exchange, tissue oxygenation, and oxygen utilization in our model of severe chemically induced plastic bronchitis. Most importantly, mortality, which was associated with hypoxemia and clinical respiratory distress, was eliminated.
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- Livia A Veress
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA.
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